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Bad weather delays Mohamed Morsi's arrival for trial in Cairo Mohamed Morsi court appearance postponed
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Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi's arrival at a Cairo court where he was due to stand trial on Wednesday was delayed by poor weather, state TV reported. Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi will not appear at court on Wednesday due to bad weather, a senior security official has told Egypt's state news agency.
Morsi was due to be flown to the Cairo police academy where the court was due to convene. He is currently in a jail near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Bad weather delayed Morsi's flight to the Cairo police academy, where he was due to face trial for inciting the killing of protesters, state media reported.
State media had earlier reported that Morsi, who was deposed by the army on 3 July, had arrived at the court for the second session of his trial on charges that he incited the killing of protesters during his time as president. Morsi had been due in court for the second session of his trial in a case relating to violence outside the presidential palace when he was head of state. The army deposed him on 3 July after mass protests against his rule.
The charges relate to violence outside the presidential palace in December 2012 during protests ignited by a presidential decree that expanded Morsi's powers. The army deposed the Muslim Brotherhood politician on 3 July following mass protests against his rule. State media earlier reported that Morsi, who is in prison in Alexandria, on the Mediterranean coast, had arrived at the Cairo police academy, where the court was due to convene.
Last month, Morsi was ordered to stand trial in two further cases. The new charges include conspiring with the Palestinian group Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Shia Islamist government of Iran against Egypt, and involvement in a terrorist plot related to his escape from prison in 2011. But the state news agency later reported that bad weather meant Morsi would most probably not be taken to court. It cited a senior security official.
Fourteen other Islamist leaders are standing trial with Morsi in the case being heard on Wednesday. The charges relate to violence outside the presidential palace in December 2012 during protests ignited by a presidential decree that expanded Morsi's powers. Fourteen other Islamists are standing trial with him.
The army-backed authorities brought two new cases against Morsi last month, accusing him of conspiring against Egypt with the Palestinian group Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Shia Islamist government of Iran, and separately charging him over a mass jail break during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak.
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